Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn

Beard was not only a witness to two major battles against the Lakota; he also traveled with William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West show, worked as a Hollywood Indian, and witnessed the grand transformation of the Black Hills into a tourism mecca. Beard spent most of his later life fighting to reclaim his homeland and acting as "old Dewey Beard," a living relic of the "old West" for the tourists.

Philip Burnham is an assistant professor of composition at George Mason University and a former reporter for Indian Country Today. He is the author of So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons and Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks.

Author: Philip Burnham
Publisher: Bison
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780803269361
Award: Spur Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2015 pg. 1041

About the Author

Philip Burnham is an associate professor of composition at George Mason University and a former reporter for Indian Country Today. He is the author of So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons and Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks.